Kite or the like



May 20 1924.

G. D. WANNER KITE OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 15 1923 r O k 4 c U 1' a ID. "WINNER, F FAYE'N, @HIQ).

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application tiled August it, 1923. Serial Ito. 657,629.

To all whom it may concern:

it known that I, Grouse D. WANNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kites or the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in kites.

The-objects attained in the improvements herein illustrated and described are as follows:

A kite which is better adapted to be manufactured by automatic, or semi-automatic machinery, whereby cheaper production will be edected.

A h'te which will be better made and therefore more durable than kites of common construction.

A kite which will have distinctive artistic efiect without added cost of production.

lln the drawings these features are illustrated in three common types of kites, viz, two-stick kite, three-stick kite, and square or Chinese kite,the main principles of the invention applying equally to the difi'erent tyg es.

igs. 1, 2 and 3, are front elevations illustrating respectively the three types of kites herein referred to and the improvements of thepresent invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line iti of Fig. l.

Fig. 5, is a transverse sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6, is an enlarged view illustrating a detail of construction.

Fig. 7, is a sectional view taken on line l-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8, is a sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9, is a detail view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 10, is a detail showing t e manner of setting the staples in the kite sticks.

Fig. 11, is a detail of the end of a kite stick, and

Fig. 12, is a detail of a remforcement applied to the kite cover.

The general construction of the three types of kites illustrated in the drawings is well lmown in this art. The frame of the kite illustrated in Fig. 1 consists of a mam stick or strut 1 and a cross or how stick -2 to which the kite cover 3 is attached. The kite shown in Fig. 2, has two mam sticks -4.-, a cross stick 5 and the kite cover -fi, and the kite shown in Fig.

3, has a mam stick -7, a bow stick 8, and 69 the klte cover .9. Nonovelty is claimed in the present invention with respect to these main features of the several types of kites here shown, the assembly and general arrangement of the arts being such that the 6d kites can readily e folded and rolled in knock-down form. A main feature of the invention consists in a boundmg tape -10 applied to the edge surrounding the kite cover, the manner of 70 applying the tape being the same for each r type of kite shown. The bounding tape, made of any suitable material. as light weight paper having relatively high tensile strength, can be applied to the kite cover in 7 any suitable manner, preferably 1) using an adhesive, as paste or glue, in eit er single or multiple thickness as may be desired to give strength to the border of the kite cover. As shown in the drawings best illus- 8 trated in detail Fig. 7, the ta e is folded once to overlap the edge of t e cover on botlh sides and is glued to the cover materia The bounding tape -10 can be ap lied e to the kite cover in any suitable lengt s, in a single strip extendin entirely around the cover, or a number 0 strips extending preferably from one corner to another of the kite cover. In the drawings the latter to arrangement is shown, the ad oining ends of the strips overlapping one another where the junctures are made as shown at -11, in Fig. 8, thus providing for quadruple strength of the tape material at the corners for attaching the kite cover to the frame.

The bounding tape as shown and described has the following distinctive advantages: it eliminates the boundin cord which is commonly used on kites of t e character shown; it is a better protection for the edge of the kite cover than a bounding cord; it adapts the kite cover, including application thereto of the bounding tape, to be made by special automatic machinery and lowers production costs accordingly; and it lends itself readily without added cost to give artistic efi'ect to the kite, as striking color como binations of the kite cover and the bounding tape is merely a matter of selection.

The bounding tape also adapts the kite cover to be attached to the frame by a novel llO arrangement consisting in forming a hole, or eyelet 12 through the reinforced cor ners -11 of the kite cover, which adapts the cover to he attached to the kite frame by means of tenons --13 formed on the ends of the frame sticks which are adapted to project through the eyelets --12 to form the connection.

It will he obvious from the arrangement here shown that the e slots 12 can be used as a means for attac ing the kite cover to the frame irrespective of the tape 10 loy reinforcing the corners of the kite cover 1n any suitable manner to support the eyelets, also that the eyelets can be connected to the kite sticks by other means than the tenons -13; also that the kite cover can be attached. to the tenons -13 by other means than the eyelets -12. As far as the applicant is aware both these featitares eyelets 12 and tenons -l3are novel in the known practice of kite making, and various modifications of the arrangement here shown can readily be made without departing from the principle of the invention.

A detail of improvement is also shown in the several figures of the drawings, consisting of reinforcements -14 applied to the kite cover and slotted as at --l5, to receive the staples -16 to which the bridle string -17 is attached, the flying string 18 being connected to the bridle string, the reinforcements serving to prevent tearing of the kite cover around the edges of slots 15.

A further detail improvement is shown in Fig. 2, consisting of a novel arrangement of the bridle string for three-stick kites. The usual arrangement consists of three bridle strings extending over the kite cover parallel with the kite sticks, the flying string being connected to the bridle strings at the point of their intersection. The arrangement here shown is much simpier consisting of but one hridie string it, having its ends tied too posits staples ---18 secured in the cross sticr --5.

Ha nng described my invention, it claim:

1. A kit/e including in combination with the cover thereof. a bounding tape consist ing oi" strips folded to overlap the edge of the cover and having adjoining ends thereof overlapping one another at the corners of said cover.

2. A kite including in combination with the cover thereof, a bounding tape applied to reinforce the edge and corners of said cover, and an eyelet formed in each of said corners to attach said cover to the kite sticks.

3. A kite including in combination with the cover thereof, reinforcements applied to the corners of said cover and eyelets formed in said reinforced portions whereby to attach the coverto the kite sticks.

4. A kite including in combination with the cover thereof, kite sticks having tenons formed on the ends thereof, and eyelets formed in the kite cover whereby to attach said cover to the kite sticks.

5. A kite including in combination with the cover thereof, kite sticks having tenons formed on the ends thereof, and means for attaching the kite cover directly to said tenons.

6. A kite comprising two main sticks and a cross stick, a kite cover having apertures formed therein spaced one from another longitudinally relative to said cross stick, staples secured in the cross stick and proecting through said apertures and a bridle string tied to said staples.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

EORGE D. WANNER. 

